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Chapter Summary

In early modern Europe two views of history determines the tradition of material culture: the respect for the ancient world and the heroic history of their own country. This wider context formed the Christian history of salvation, a bleak picture of a moving toward the abyss of time. Roman antiquities were kept since the 17th century in the art chambers of the federal cities and not simply thrown away. In the 18th century newly discovered Roman items were transferred regularly in the art chambers of libraries, as testimonies of ancient Rome that the undisputed and unrivaled model remained culturally and politically. Using the example of the Swiss National Museum can clearly show which had consequences for the collections of material culture that sense of history. The original text of the chapter is in German.